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The Fifth Annual GI Film Festival (www.gifilmfestival.com), the nation’s only film festival dedicated to celebrating the stories of our nation’s Armed Forces, wrapped on May 15 with an awards ceremony for its best films.  The festival started on May 9 and included 31 film premieres, red carpet events, parties, musical performances and celebrity appearances.

The following are the GI Film Festival 2011 award-winning films:

• Military Channel Award:  “Shepherds of Helmand,” directed by Gary Mortensen
• Best International Film:  “The Telegram Man” (Australia), directed by James Khehtie
• Best Student Film:  “Thule,” directed by Robert Scott Wildes
• Best Narrative Short:  “A Marine’s Guide to Fishing,” directed by Nicholas Brennan
• Best Documentary Short:  “Last to Leave,” directed by Pat Clark
• Best Narrative Feature:  “Flag of My Father,” directed by Rodney Ray
• Best Documentary Feature:  “Patrol Base Jaker,” directed by David Scantling
• Founder’s Choice Award:  “The Wereth Eleven,” directed by Robert Child

 
The GI Film Festival also awarded actor Lou Diamond Phillips the festival’s GI Spirit Award, which is presented to an entertainer who embodies the spirit of an American GI in their creative and philanthropic work; and honored actor William Devane with The GI Choice Award, which is presented to an entertainer who has portrayed classic GI characters in film.